Bartonella as a Cause of Blood Culture-Negative Endocarditis. Description of Five Cases;Bartonella como causa de endocarditis con hemocultivos negativos. Descripción de 5 casos

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 694-697

  Martín, Luisa ^a   Vidal, Laura ^a   Campins, Antonio ^a   Salvá, Francisco ^a   Riera, Melchor ^a   Carrillo, Andrés ^a   Sáez De Ibarra, Jose I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Blood culturenegative endocarditis; Endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BARTONELLA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROSS REACTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CATS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67650708578     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(09)71338-7     Document Type: Article

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